Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles striking Ukraine's Dnipro power plant on December 25.

Ukrainian air defenses attempted last-chance fire, while countermeasures from the Kh-101’s L-504 systems are visible.

Several Assad militia remnants and suspects were arrested in Sitmarkho, Latakia with weapons and ammunition seized.

Syrian military operations forces and Interior Ministry sweeps continue in the area.

Israeli report reveals years of covert communications between Israel and Bashar al-Assad’s regime, mediated by Russia, to weaken Syria’s ties with Iran and Hezbollah.

In 2019, a planned meeting between Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen and Assad at the Kremlin, facilitated by Putin, was canceled last minute by Assad for unclear reasons.

Using the alias “Musa,” an IDF intelligence unit warned Syrian officials, including Defense Minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas, about cooperating with Hezbollah and Iranian arms shipments.

• “Cooperation with Hezbollah harms the Syrian army and its people, and you will pay the price,” one message read.

• Another accused Syria of using Russia’s Khmeimim airbase to transfer weapons to Hezbollah.

Israel proposed easing international sanctions on Assad in exchange for reducing Iran’s influence, but U.S. approval, hindered by congressional opposition, was required.

Source: TOI

Syrian citizen tried to flatter Syrian Leader Ahmad al-Sharaa with a poem.

al-Sharaa didn't allow him to continue and walked away.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was detained by Iranian authorities on December 19, 2024, while reporting in Tehran.

Sala, working for Il Foglio and Chora Media, entered Iran with a valid journalist visa.

Scheduled to return on December 20, she failed to board her flight and is reportedly in solitary confinement at Evin Prison, known for holding political prisoners.

First in Ukraine: Ukrainian FPV drone shooting down Russian drones with a shotgun!

YPG/PKK/SDF terror group’s ringleader Ferhat Abdi Sahin, code-named "Mazlum Abdi":

We will ask Russia to mediate reconciliation with Türkiye.

If this request is not met, we are prepared to defend ourselves and our people in every region after four years of preparation.

A delegation from the Libyan National Unity Government arrived in Damascus and met with the Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa.

Libyan Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs:

There are positive signs of cooperation with the Syrian side, especially in the security file.

Military parade of Syrian Army forces in Damascus.

Zelensky:

It seems that Putin has instructed Fico to open a second energy front against Ukraine at the expense of the interests of the people of Slovakia.

NEW: Putin spoke with Azerbaijan's President Aliyev to discuss the AZAL passenger plane crash.

He apologized for the incident occurring in Russian airspace and expressed heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families.

70 officers of the fallen Assad regime who fled to Lebanon was handed over to the new Syrian government.